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human rights assistance and confidence-building measures form integral parts
of Rwandan and United Nations efforts aimed at conflict prevention and peacebuilding in Rwanda, drawing as appropriate on the expertise and capacities of
all parts of the United Nations system, thus contributing to the promotion and
protection of human rights in Rwanda;
10.
Encourages the Government of Rwanda, in a spirit of national
reconciliation, to intensify efforts to protect and promote respect for human
rights and fundamental freedoms and to create an environment conducive to the
realization of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights and the
voluntary and safe return of refugees to their homes;
11.
Takes note with concern of the findings of the Special Rapporteur
as set out in his report of 28 June 1995, 5/ and of the Human Rights Field
Operation in Rwanda, that the human rights situation is exacerbated by the
inadequate system for the administration of justice, characterized by a
shortage of both human and material resources;
12.
Notes with concern the arrest, detention and treatment and
conditions of detention that do not conform to international standards, as set
out in the report of the Special Rapporteur;
13.
Also notes with concern that a situation still exists, evidenced
by reports of threats and violence against the physical integrity of
individuals, which is sometimes exacerbated by incursions;
14.
Urges Governments in the region to take measures to prevent their
territory from being used to pursue a strategy of destabilization of Rwanda,
and, in this regard, urges all States concerned to cooperate fully with the
International Commission of Inquiry on arms flows in the Great Lakes region,
established in pursuance of Security Council resolution 1013 (1995) of
7 September 1995;
15.
Condemns the mass killings of civilians at Kibeho in April 1995,
takes note of the conclusions of the Independent International Commission of
Inquiry in its report, 6/ and expresses its grave concern at the events in
Kanama in September 1995;
16.
Welcomes the efforts of the Government of Rwanda to reconstruct
the civil administration and the social, legal, economic and human rights
infrastructure of Rwanda, encourages the Government to intensify its efforts,
with the assistance of the international community, the Human Rights Field
Operation in Rwanda and other United Nations bodies, to expedite the
processing of cases, to ensure conditions and treatment in detention in
conformity with international standards, and to train civilian police in the
legal procedures governing arrest and detention, and notes that efforts in
this regard are hampered by a lack of human and financial resources;
17.
Invites Member States, the organizations and bodies of the United
Nations system and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to
continue and intensify their efforts to contribute financial and technical
support to the efforts of the Government of Rwanda to reconstruct the civil
administration and the social, legal, economic and human rights infrastructure
of Rwanda, particularly in the areas of the administration of justice, and
welcomes the contributions made, including those at the Round Table Conference
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